On December 1 in London, Bonhams will offer Ringo Starr's 1964 Facel-Vega Facel II, an incredibly rare French grand tourer.

Upon buying the car, Ringo joined a list of celebrity Facel owners, including Picasso, Stirling Moss and Frank Sinatra

The car, bought by Starr from the stand at Earls Court Motor Show in 1964, will sell with a 300,000-350,000 ($486,090-567,105) estimate. It was originally bought for 5,570, which was an astonishing sum for a car at the time.

Facel-Vega was a short-lived French company that became known for producing stylish, luxuriant and fastcars.

Hand-built, Ringo's Facel-VegaII is one of just two examples produced with the larger 6.7 Litre engine and manual gearbox, and is the very last of only 26 right-hand drive Facel II's produced. It boasts a 390bhp V8 Chrysler Typhoon engine with bodywork by Jean Daninos.

"This car has to be one of the rarest and most collectable modern classic cars given its almost unique engineering and its place as part of pop music history," commented Bonhams' Sholto Gilbertson.

"The sale of this car represents a once in a lifetime opportunity for anyone who loves cars and the Beatles."